Dawson Named Police Commissioner
by | Feb 10, 2012 5:56 pm | Comments (0)
Less than four months after his surprise endorsement of John DeStefano for mayor, Tony Dawson got a seat on the city’s police commission.
Campaign 2011
Jefferson Calls For “Conflict”-Free Investigator
by | Dec 29, 2011 2:04 pm | Comments (68)
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Attorney Michael Jefferson.
Principal Kermit Carolina has agreed “under protest” to a private interview about alleged grade-altering at Hillhouse High School — while calling for removal of the Board of Education’s investigator due to an alleged conflict of interest.
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Great Elizur’s Ghost!
by | Nov 11, 2011 12:15 pm | Comments (6)
Elizur Goodrich’s great-great-great-great-great-great grandson.
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Goodrich got the mayor’s job as a booby prize.
When David West Goodrich checked off a list of voters at a polling station this week, he was working to help the mayor win reelection — and defeat a historical record his own family has held for nearly two centuries.
More! More! More!
by | Nov 9, 2011 4:07 pm | Comments (19)
More local jobs! More vocational training! More civilian-friendly cops!
Voters this year showed they want that, according to Mayor John DeStefano.
More walking beats! More transparency! More Q Houses!
That’s what voters called for, according to some of the new lawmakers with whom DeStefano will do business.
DeStefano Survives Strong Challenge
by | Nov 8, 2011 9:56 pm | Comments (89)
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Kerekes greets supporter Rebecca Turcio after the election.
(Updated 10 p.m.) Move over, Elizur Goodrich: Mayor John DeStefano is kicking you off of your longtime perch in New Haven’s history books.
Final Election Returns
by | Nov 8, 2011 8:52 pm | Comments (0)
Following are the final Tuesday election results collected by the Independent, including machine tallies, absentee ballots & hand counts.
On Trail, Kerekes Finds Some Black Support; DeStefano Speaks Of City Planning For 2013
by | Nov 8, 2011 7:07 pm | Comments (18)
Former Newhallville Alderman Gattison tells Kerekes: I’m with you.
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(Updated) Mayor John DeStefano stood in the parking lot of Wilbur Cross High looking for votes — and looking beyond Election Day. Challenger Jeffrey Kerekes found voters who swore they chose him, including in the black community, even if they couldn’t pronounce his name.
Paca Won't Go
Gently Into The Night
by | Nov 8, 2011 6:01 pm | Comments (11)
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(Updated with final results) Edgewood voters might have thought they kicked Alderman Marcus Paca out of office in the Democratic primary — but they found him back at the polls again, asking again for their vote.
Check Out These Wheels!
by | Nov 8, 2011 2:52 pm | Comments (2)
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Tosha Goldson, West Rock Alderman Darnell Goldson’s wife, delivered three voters to the polls in her convertible.
What’s happened at the polls Tuesday? Click on the “Cover-It Live” box below to follow the minute-by-minute skinny — and catch the wheels that one alderman’s spouse used to ferry voters to West Rock polls, above.
Independent Steve Crashes The Dem Party
by | Nov 8, 2011 9:22 am | Comments (10)
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As top Democrats stood up to rally votes in their Bella Vista stronghold, they encountered a vociferous independent voter with questions about the direction of a one-party city — and a hint of what political debates may look like if a growing bloc of voters brings more democracy to New Haven in years to come.
Where To Vote Tuesday, & Who’s Running
by | Nov 7, 2011 5:25 pm | Comments (3)
The 2012 statewide election campaigns are in full swing, but New Haven has one more day of business to focus on in order to close out 2011: Tuesday’s mayoral and aldermanic contests.
Kerekes Crowd-Sources
Election Fraud Hunt
by | Nov 7, 2011 4:58 pm | Comments (30)
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Barred from access to voter lists on election day, or any perch close to polling booths, independent mayoral candidate Jeffrey Kerekes has put out a call for help — to all voters in town.
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Rodriguez Rolls
To Voters' Doors
by | Nov 7, 2011 2:42 pm | Comments (10)
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On the road to reelection, Alderman Sergio Rodriguez has been rolling door to door in a rented electric scooter with a vow to jump-start the city’s flagging employment rate. Meanwhile, his opponent reported in virtually from the campaign trail on his quest to take the steering wheel.
GOP: We're Not Running
-- But Please Vote Anyway!
by | Nov 7, 2011 12:41 pm | Comments (3)
The Republican Party has no one running for mayor in New Haven Tuesday. (It last won a mayoral election in 1951.) It has no one running for any of the 30 seats on the Board of Aldermen. It hasn’t endorsed anyone running Tuesday. But it still needs its members to vote.
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‘GOP: We're Not Running
-- But Please Vote Anyway!’
The "Two Tonis"
Boost A Challenger
by | Nov 7, 2011 8:55 am | Comments (13)
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Staggers at a West Rock groundbreaking.
Challenger Carlton Staggers has a new asset in his quest to unseat West Rock Alderman Darnell Goldson: campaign literature touting the endorsement of two of New Haven’s top African-American elected officials.
Yale Race Nets
1,000+ New Voters
by | Nov 4, 2011 2:01 pm | Comments (20)
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Candidates Vinay Nayak and Sarah Eidelson.
Get ready for an influx of new Yalie voters — and out-of-state cash.
Election Tests 6 Campaign Commandments
by | Nov 4, 2011 12:03 pm | Comments (47)
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DeStefano greets Jamar Ferrucci on Dixwell Avenue.
Kerekes, Kevin Ewing, & Anna Festa prepare to canvass Whalley Stop & Shoppers.
(News analysis) John DeStefano is doing what successful candidates have always done. Jeffrey Kerekes isn’t — partly out of necessity, partly on purpose.
When the votes get tallied in their contest for mayor Tuesday night, the outcome will reveal whether the unofficial How To Win Campaigns bible needs a revision in the modern age of social media and citizen-revolt politics.
Thorpe’s Not Giving Up
by | Nov 4, 2011 11:02 am | Comments (2)
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Ward 22 aldermanic hopeful Cordelia Thorpe pitches Geneva Elm.
Ninety-year-old Geneva Elm didn’t want the absentee ballot application Cordelia Thorpe offered. “I’ll come to the poll. I’ve got osteoporosis. I need the exercise,” she said.
Only Democrats May Check Voter Lists
by | Nov 4, 2011 7:56 am | Comments (56)
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Democratic Registrar of Voters Sharon Ferrucci.
When polls open Tuesday, Mayor John DeStefano’s reelection campaign will have people stationed at polling places to double-check official voter lists and send information back to vote-pullers. Mayoral challenger Jeffrey Kerekes will not have the same opportunity.
Graves Endorses ... Nobody
by | Nov 3, 2011 3:00 pm | Comments (32)
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Clifton Graves, Jr. announced his choice for mayor in next week’s mayoral election: Neither Democratic incumbent John DeStefano nor independent challenger Jeffrey Kerekes.
Battle Waged For Bella Vista
by | Nov 3, 2011 2:09 pm | Comments (20)
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As she struggles to get in the door of the senior complex with the largest voting bloc in her ward, Maureen O’Sullivan-Best faces a reelection challenge: An opponent who’s running from inside, with union money and a large crew of local volunteers.
Kerekes Decries
$2M In "Special Deals"
by | Nov 3, 2011 8:20 am | Comments (24)
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Challenger Jeffrey Kerekes accused Mayor John DeStefano of dishing out “gifts to the gilded”; City Hall said his claims are based on faulty assumptions.
Outsider Finds Himself Running From The Inside
by | Nov 2, 2011 8:09 am | Comments (14)
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Goldson, with work cut out for him.
Sure you can have my vote, one constituent told City Hall critic Darnell Goldson. Just make sure the city cleans up this downed tree by election day.
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Campaign “Resets” Community Policing
by | Oct 28, 2011 2:14 pm | Comments (60)
Last month Tony Dawson said he was running against Mayor John DeStefano because the mayor doesn’t care about young black men murdered in the streets. On Friday Dawson endorsed DeStefano — in part, he said, because of a new commitment to community policing.
Kerekes: Hire Inspector General
by | Oct 27, 2011 11:41 am | Comments (21)
There’s a new inspector in town, and he already has a few top cases to probe: Why did the school district issue a $5.3 million mortgage to a landlord? And how come so many leases are bypassing legislative approval?